Bagged Spinich

[magnolia]

Someone posted a topic regarding bagged salads several weeks ago over on YT and since then, I've stopped purchasing them. Here's a link to a story off CNN where e.coli has been linked to bagged spinich in several states with one death because of it. If you purchase the bag salads like I used to, you may want to rethink that. I now buy the full head of lettuce or whatever greens I'm using with my salad.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15....ap/index.html

[RLC12345678]

OMG! This was all over the news last night and this morning. One person has died and 50 more are reported very sick from eating the prebagged Spinach. The FDA has ordered ALL grocery stores to throw out ALL bagged spinach! NERVOUS!

[Mandy]

EEEEEEWWWWWWW much better to buy fresh greens!!

[RLC12345678]

I just hate it because after work I am NOT in the mood to buy a head of lettuce or fresh spinach, wash it, let it dry, and THEN break it all up into a salad. It was so much more convenient to just buy it already chopped up for you and all you had to do was pour it in a bowl and put some dressing on it. I'm disappointed myself.

[magnolia]

I'm just as guilty! I'm the main salad eater in my family although occassionally my hubby and youngest will eat one. The bagged salad greens were more convenient and less "wasteful" for me. But I always noticed when I bought the bagged salads, they "spoiled" after 3 days if it wasn't eaten all and I'd throw it away. Now, I get the full heads of lettuce, wash it and drain it, and to help keep it crisp, I put a folded paper towel in the bottom of my bowl....the water continues to drain a little bit, wetting the paper towel which, for some reason, will help keep the lettuce crisper! And it lasts longer than the bagged. I just break off what I need for a salad when I want one. I feel better using the heads of lettuce now instead of those bags - my health and the health of my family is more important.

[RLC12345678]

Originally Posted by magnolia

I'm just as guilty! I'm the main salad eater in my family although occassionally my hubby and youngest will eat one. The bagged salad greens were more convenient and less "wasteful" for me. But I always noticed when I bought the bagged salads, they "spoiled" after 3 days if it wasn't eaten all and I'd throw it away. Now, I get the full heads of lettuce, wash it and drain it, and to help keep it crisp, I put a folded paper towel in the bottom of my bowl....the water continues to drain a little bit, wetting the paper towel which, for some reason, will help keep the lettuce crisper! And it lasts longer than the bagged. I just break off what I need for a salad when I want one. I feel better using the heads of lettuce now instead of those bags - my health and the health of my family is more important.

I agree. I would never sacrifice my health for convenience. Wait a minute....ok, maybe sometimes I do, like when I go to fast food restaurants!